Another geeky song, this time about the fun of taking part in a hackathon.

LYRICS:

It's so exciting watching my life unfurl,
At a time when geeks like me can change the world.
There's a hackathon tonight and if it works out alright
I can improve society, oh yes, improve society.

But a VC will be there with money in his wallet.
If I pitch him like a boss I could get/score funding for my project.
A seven-figure sum
And I'll be crushin' everyone
At the hackathon tonight.
At the hackathon tonight.

There are prizes up for grabs if I can't get paid.
My phone is six months old,
Y'know I need to upgrade.
I can surely win some gadgets if I sweet-talk with judges
At the hackathon tonight.
At the hackathon tonight.

Now the Red Bull's on the table and I'm ready to go.
I've got Sublime 5 open on my MacBook Pro.
I'll type at twenty words a minute,
Yeah, I'm really gonna kill it
At the hackathon tonight.
At the hackathon tonight.

The buzzer's gone, we're underway.
My chance to shine has come./There's coding to be done.
The cable mess around me shows I'm hacker number one.

The framework that I'm using's not in alpha yet.
I'm coding on the bleeding edge but starting to regret.

Just to set up the environment has taken so much time.
The clock is ticking down,
I haven't written/coded a single line.

But/And/Now the wifi's cutting out/dropping off,
I've got a dying battery,
I've got conflict after conflict in my Git repository.

The deadline is approaching and there's still a bug to mend
But my code is obfuscated. Will this nightmare never end?

My time ran out and I had to stop.
I couldn't show a demo so...
Instead of showing a demo I used Photoshop.
I tried to help/change society
But it wasn't to be
At the hackathon tonight.
At the hackathon tonight.
I know next time it'll be alright.

The Hackathon Song

A lullaby for geeks.

LYRICS:

Darkness is here and the streetlamps are lit.
But you're still awake reading comments on the 'net.
You're not in bed yet.
So someone was wrong on the internet today.
They can wait till tomorrow to hear what you've got to say.
Step away from the screen,
Away from the screen and take a break. (Take a break)

Your face is filled with a soft flourescent glow.
You smile as you watch one more funny video.
Kittens in the snow.
Now give your brain a rest and step back.
The people around you have all hit the sack.
Step away from the screen,
Away from the screen and relax. (And relax)

A million pixels reflect in your eyes.
You say you're not tired, well it's hardly a surprise.
So mesmerized.
But bookmark the sites you wanna keep.
Resist the temptation to send one more tweet.
Step away from the screen,
Away from the screen and go to sleep. (Go to sleep)

Step away from the screen,
Away from the screen and go to sleep. (Go to sleep)

Step Away From The Screen

LYRICS:

Oh baby baby
How was I supposed to know
That we would not be done yet
Oh baby baby
It seems such a long time ago
That we released the first spec

Show me
A conforming test suite
Tell the AC
'Cause we should go to Rec now (oh because)

Tried to address
The deficiencies
Will Tim say yes?
We still believe (still believe)
It's been so long with no end in sight
Keep up the fight
Back to CR one more time

Oh no there isn't
A single "at risk" feature
In this specification
Oh yeah we meet
The exit criteria
With two implementations

Show me
A conforming test suite
Tell the AC
'Cause we should go to Rec now (oh because)

Tried to address
The deficiencies
Will Tim say yes?
We still believe (still believe)
It's been so long with no end in sight
Keep up the fight
Back to CR one more time

Oh baby baby (A ooooooooo)
Oh baby baby (A yeah yeah)

Oh baby baby
When will we be done?
Oh pretty baby
This is for everyone.

Will Tim say yes?
We tried to address
The deficiencies
Don't you know we still believe
The end is in sight
Don't give up the fight
Back to CR one more time

Tried to address
The deficiencies
Will Tim say yes?
We still believe (still believe)
It's been so long with no end in sight
Keep up the fight
Back to CR one more time

Will Tim say yes?
(Tried to address)
We tried to address
(The deficiencies)
The deficiencies
(Will Tim say yes?)
Don't you know we still believe
(We still believe)
The end is in sight
(The Working Group will get it right)
Don't give up the fight
Back to CR one more time

Back to CR one more time

LYRICS:

I wrote a new song and put it up on the web.
When I checked the next day, the number of plays, to my dismay was ten.
Maybe my music is not that great in the end.
Maybe I should sell myself to my friends.

And if you think this is true
There's one thing you can do

Please retweet this song
That's all they seem to say
Please retweet this song
Is the mantra of today
And if you agree
If you see the irony then
Please retweet this song

So many people are desperate to be heard.
They try to promote something they wrote to get upvotes on their network.
They urge us to click, to share and subscribe.
No need for humility, they wannabe a celebrity online.

And if you share this point of view
What I'd really like you to do is

Please retweet this song
That's all they seem to say
Please retweet this song
Is the mantra of today
And if you agree
If you see the irony then
Please retweet this song

Maybe this is not a new thing
The spread of personal marketing
People have always used their peers 
To cultivate and propagate and advocate and disseminate and circulate their ideas

Please retweet this song
That's all they seem to say
Please retweet this song
Is the mantra of today
And if you agree
If you see the irony then
Please retweet this song

And as they keep sending metweets galore
The rest of us will endeavour not to measure our friends with a score
And as they grow ever greedier
My proposal is to focus on the social in social media.

And if you feel like this too
I think you know by now what to do

Please retweet this song
That's all they seem to say
Please retweet this song
Is the mantra of today
And if you agree
If you see the irony then
Please retweet this ...

Please retweet this song
That's all they seem to say
Please retweet this song
Is the mantra of today
And if you agree
If you see the irony then
Please retweet this, don't delete this, just retweet this song

Please Retweet This Song

LYRICS:

Now when I was a young boy startin' out in this industry
I remember this pearl of wisdom that the internets gave to me.
To manipulate or decorate something on a web page
First ya gotta grab it and there's pretty much just one way...

[Chorus]
Oh selector, oh won't you fetch for me
With your magic sense, all the elements within the old DOM tree.

Now selectors can be used in CSS, oh but there's more.
In plain ol' JavaScript as well with querySelector().
And don't forget the libraries like jQuery and so
You could say that they're essential if you wanna be a pro.

[Chorus]

The next step on your journey is to learn selector syntax.
There's not much to remember so don't worry, just relax.
You start with a plain ol' tag name if you want it to be styled,
Use "plus" for adjacent sibling and "greater than" for a child.

[Chorus]

A dot is for a class name and for IDs it's a hash.
Use square brackets for attributes and you're sure to find a match.
Now :hover needs a colon like :focus and :target.
There's other stuff as well but that's enough to get you started.

[Chorus]

One final word of warning for my song to be complete.
Remember please that all IDs have got to be unique.
They're bad 'n' they're mean and they don't fight clean and you're gonna find it tough
If you use more than one of each because this DOM ain't big enough.

[Chorus x 2]

Oh! Selector

A simple little love song.

== Lyrics ==

Please don't feel lonely
Just because I'm fast asleep.
Please don't feel lonely
Just because I seem out of reach.
In my dreams,
I'm probably thinking of you.
And probably feeling
Lonely for you too.

Please don't feel lonely
Just because I'm out in the car.
Please don't feel lonely
Just because I'm not where you are.
I'm probably
finding something for you.
And probably feeling
Lonely for you too.

Please don't feel lonely
Just because I'm far away.
Please don't feel lonely
Just because I can't see you today.
Right this second,
I'm probably thinking of you.
And probably feeling
Lonely for you too.

Please Don't Feel Lonely

A nerdy singer-songwriter playing geekulele - mostly humorous ukulele songs about the web and other geeky topics. 

Daniemon

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